Life Cycle of a Butterfly
Life of a caterpillar
Metamorphosis
Life of a butterfly
Miscellaneous
100
The stages a living thing goes through from birth, to the beginning of life, to adulthood
Life Cycle
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This is the caterpillars only job
To Eat!
100
During metamorphosis the caterpillar will attach themselves using a silky pad and drop down into this
A "J" shape
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Color and pattern on an animal that allow it to blend in to its environment
Camouflage
100
A butterfly pumps what through its wings to help them straighten and work
Blood
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What is the process called when a living goes through a complete physical change
Metamorphosis
200
In this life cycle stage the caterpillar looks completely different than it will as an adult
Larva
200
This type of metamorphosis has four stages
Complete Metamorphosis
200
Painted Lady Butterflies drink this for food
Nectar
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Approximately how many days does it take for the entire butterfly life cycle to be complete in nature
28 days
300
The life cycle stage where the insect contains everything necessary for life before hatching
Egg
300
A caterpillar does this to get rid of its skin
Molts
300
Complete metamorphosis happens inside where?
Chrysalis
300
The long appendages attached to a butterfly's head that help it to sense its environment
The Antennas
300
How long does an adult Painted Lady Butterfly typically live
About 2 weeks
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The stage of a life cycle where an insect goes through a complete change usually inside a hardened shell
Pupa
400
Monarch caterpillars only eat milkweed. Name one of the plants painted lady butterflies eat
Thistle, Hollyhock, or Mallow Plants
400
Once a caterpillar begins the pupa stage in the life cycle it takes this many days for the butterfly to emerge and metamorphosis to be complete
About 7-10 days
400
This body part is many up of thousands of tiny individual lenses
Compound Eye
400
When a Pupa feels threatened it will do this with the chrysalis to scare away predators
Wiggle and/or Shake
500
The life cycle stage where the insect can produce offspring (eggs)
Adult
500
The short legs with hooks found on the abdomen of a caterpillar
Prolegs
500
This picture shows what type of Metamorphosis
Incomplete Metamorphosis
500
A straw-like mouth part used for sucking up nectar, fruit juices, water, tree sap, or other fluids
Proboscis
500
The three stages of an incomplete Metamorphosis
Egg, Nymph, Adult